. The birds of Britain : their distribution and habits . Birds. Limicolce 213 rocks covered with sea-weed, though at high tide they pass up the rivers and streams to the neighbouring meadows or saltings. The foreign range includes all Europe, the extreme north of Africa, and also northern Asia, though in the last-named it does not extend north- ward to about the Arctic Circle as it does in Redshank's nest The Redshank is a most vociferous bird, and, when itself disturbed, disturbs all its kin; in the breeding season it is specially noisy, hastening to meet an intruder and seeing him &
. The birds of Britain : their distribution and habits . Birds. Limicolce 213 rocks covered with sea-weed, though at high tide they pass up the rivers and streams to the neighbouring meadows or saltings. The foreign range includes all Europe, the extreme north of Africa, and also northern Asia, though in the last-named it does not extend north- ward to about the Arctic Circle as it does in Redshank's nest The Redshank is a most vociferous bird, and, when itself disturbed, disturbs all its kin; in the breeding season it is specially noisy, hastening to meet an intruder and seeing him " off the ; The nest of a little herbage is cunningly hidden in a tuft of grass or rushes, which are often twisted together to hide the four stone-coloured eggs marked with purple- brown ; more rarely the contents are open to Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Evans, A. H. (Arthur Humble). Cambridge [England] : Cambridge University Press
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